"This growing idea that Trump thinks, and so does [Russian President] Putin and so does [Chinese President] Xi, that they should all have their spheres of influence and that other countries should not get involved and they should be able to essentially do what they think is the right thing to do, what they want to do in the interests of their country, in the countries in the surrounding area..."
"we cannot have breaches of international law like this. We cannot have the law of the jungle."
"We condemn Putin for doing it. We need to make clear that Donald Trump shouldn't be doing it either. People just can't do whatever they want. I mean, we really can't have a kind of international anarchy."
The US launched military strikes in Venezuela that resulted in the capture of President Nicolas Maduro and his wife. A senior Labour politician described the strikes as not a legal action and unable to be properly justified. The UK government refused to state whether the action was illegal, saying that the United States must present the legal basis. Opposition figures across Labour, the Liberal Democrats, Greens and SNP criticized the strikes. Concerns were raised that the action could embolden Russia and China, reinforce contested spheres of influence, and set a precedent that undermines international law and risks international anarchy.
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